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There’s much more to the post. I’m still learning ropes on longer type threads. Look at my comments for the rest 😆
March 4, 2025 at 7:26 AM
There’s much more to the post. I’m still learning ropes on longer type threads. Look at my comments for the rest 😆
To a large extent — while we still have some of our freedoms left and can still speak out — that ultimate fate of our country and worldwide democracy in this new century may well be decided by people like you and me.
It’s time to stand up and speak out.
By Thom Hartmann
It’s time to stand up and speak out.
By Thom Hartmann
March 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
To a large extent — while we still have some of our freedoms left and can still speak out — that ultimate fate of our country and worldwide democracy in this new century may well be decided by people like you and me.
It’s time to stand up and speak out.
By Thom Hartmann
It’s time to stand up and speak out.
By Thom Hartmann
Someday, epic poems and sagas will be told about the attack on the free world by Trump, Putin, and Xi, explaining how our country ultimately ended up.
Which way will America go? And will free Europe withstand Russia’s attack that has already claimed our nation’s senior leaders?
Which way will America go? And will free Europe withstand Russia’s attack that has already claimed our nation’s senior leaders?
March 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Someday, epic poems and sagas will be told about the attack on the free world by Trump, Putin, and Xi, explaining how our country ultimately ended up.
Which way will America go? And will free Europe withstand Russia’s attack that has already claimed our nation’s senior leaders?
Which way will America go? And will free Europe withstand Russia’s attack that has already claimed our nation’s senior leaders?
How long will they last, particularly given how Trump has now thrown in with Putin?
It’s anybody’s guess at this moment, as Putin funds the AfD in Germany while JD Vance and Elon Musk pander to the neo-Nazis in England and across Europe and Scandinavia.
It’s anybody’s guess at this moment, as Putin funds the AfD in Germany while JD Vance and Elon Musk pander to the neo-Nazis in England and across Europe and Scandinavia.
March 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
How long will they last, particularly given how Trump has now thrown in with Putin?
It’s anybody’s guess at this moment, as Putin funds the AfD in Germany while JD Vance and Elon Musk pander to the neo-Nazis in England and across Europe and Scandinavia.
It’s anybody’s guess at this moment, as Putin funds the AfD in Germany while JD Vance and Elon Musk pander to the neo-Nazis in England and across Europe and Scandinavia.
driving their daily behaviors.
At least, for the moment, England, Germany, and France are willing to stand against this brutal assault, although social media is increasingly poisoned with messages telling their people that autocracy is a much better form of government.
At least, for the moment, England, Germany, and France are willing to stand against this brutal assault, although social media is increasingly poisoned with messages telling their people that autocracy is a much better form of government.
March 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
driving their daily behaviors.
At least, for the moment, England, Germany, and France are willing to stand against this brutal assault, although social media is increasingly poisoned with messages telling their people that autocracy is a much better form of government.
At least, for the moment, England, Germany, and France are willing to stand against this brutal assault, although social media is increasingly poisoned with messages telling their people that autocracy is a much better form of government.
Trump and his collaborators strut and preen and brag about their power, masculinity, and ferocity, like when they abused President Zelenskyy in the Oval Office. In reality they are weak, pathetic wannabe strongmen seduced by an autocratic madman — Putin — with visions of empire and riches
March 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Trump and his collaborators strut and preen and brag about their power, masculinity, and ferocity, like when they abused President Zelenskyy in the Oval Office. In reality they are weak, pathetic wannabe strongmen seduced by an autocratic madman — Putin — with visions of empire and riches
Trump has successfully cowed his entire party and turned people like Marco Rubio, who once saw Putin with clear eyes, into pathetic, sniveling collaborators along the lines Joachim von Ribbentrop and France’s Vichy Marshal Philippe Pétain.
March 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Trump has successfully cowed his entire party and turned people like Marco Rubio, who once saw Putin with clear eyes, into pathetic, sniveling collaborators along the lines Joachim von Ribbentrop and France’s Vichy Marshal Philippe Pétain.
In the last great battle between democracy and fascism, Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt stood in the breach against Hitler and Tojo. America is crippled right now from playing that role, however, because our Franklin Roosevelt has been replaced by Benedict Arnold.
March 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
In the last great battle between democracy and fascism, Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt stood in the breach against Hitler and Tojo. America is crippled right now from playing that role, however, because our Franklin Roosevelt has been replaced by Benedict Arnold.
Clearly Donald Trump is playing that role right now, but on the Darth Vader side, along with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. But where is democracy’s Luke Skywalker?
March 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Clearly Donald Trump is playing that role right now, but on the Darth Vader side, along with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. But where is democracy’s Luke Skywalker?
Thomas Carlyle hypothesized, with his Great Man Theory of History, that at turning points in the stories of the world noble, extraordinary communicators with strong leadership skills often emerge and bend history to their will.
March 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Thomas Carlyle hypothesized, with his Great Man Theory of History, that at turning points in the stories of the world noble, extraordinary communicators with strong leadership skills often emerge and bend history to their will.
Will a Luke Skywalker emerge to take on this Darth Vader figure who has seized control of the GOP and America? If so, will that person emerge from within or outside the Republican or Democratic parties?
March 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Will a Luke Skywalker emerge to take on this Darth Vader figure who has seized control of the GOP and America? If so, will that person emerge from within or outside the Republican or Democratic parties?
Donald Trump and JD Vance dropped the mask last week when President Zelenskyy visited the White House. There can be no doubt any longer that America is no longer the leader of the free world, or, for that matter, even interested in being part of a democratic “free world.”
March 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Donald Trump and JD Vance dropped the mask last week when President Zelenskyy visited the White House. There can be no doubt any longer that America is no longer the leader of the free world, or, for that matter, even interested in being part of a democratic “free world.”
Lao Tzu wrote about the importance of defeating the enemy without firing a shot (“The supreme leader is one who wins without fighting.” —Tao Te Ching); Putin and Xi have clearly taken this advice to heart.
March 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Lao Tzu wrote about the importance of defeating the enemy without firing a shot (“The supreme leader is one who wins without fighting.” —Tao Te Ching); Putin and Xi have clearly taken this advice to heart.
Massive troll farms and disinformation campaigns, being run principally by Russia and China, with help from well-paid rightwingers in the United States and Europe, are actively overwhelming the world’s information spaces with anti-democracy and pro-autocracy propaganda.
March 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Massive troll farms and disinformation campaigns, being run principally by Russia and China, with help from well-paid rightwingers in the United States and Europe, are actively overwhelming the world’s information spaces with anti-democracy and pro-autocracy propaganda.
While physical warfare like Russia’s daily attacks on Ukraine are the most visible manifestations of this planet-wide effort by a handful of fabulously rich oligarchs to end democracy, the preparatory war is mostly online.
March 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
While physical warfare like Russia’s daily attacks on Ukraine are the most visible manifestations of this planet-wide effort by a handful of fabulously rich oligarchs to end democracy, the preparatory war is mostly online.
And Donald Trump is, step-by-step, turning America into a strongman oligarchy, in alliance with autocrats in Nicaragua, Ecuador, Paraguay, Guatemala, Argentina, and El Salvador, to form a third sphere of violent, fascist power ultimately ruling all of the Americas.
March 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
And Donald Trump is, step-by-step, turning America into a strongman oligarchy, in alliance with autocrats in Nicaragua, Ecuador, Paraguay, Guatemala, Argentina, and El Salvador, to form a third sphere of violent, fascist power ultimately ruling all of the Americas.
Xi wants Taiwan and may well be looking at South Korea, Japan, and even Australia after that.
March 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Xi wants Taiwan and may well be looking at South Korea, Japan, and even Australia after that.
and strength.
The larger issue, though, is that the world right now is engaged in an epic battle between the classic forces of autocratic tyranny versus democracy.
Putin wants to reconsolidate his old empire and seize control of much, if not all, of Europe.
The larger issue, though, is that the world right now is engaged in an epic battle between the classic forces of autocratic tyranny versus democracy.
Putin wants to reconsolidate his old empire and seize control of much, if not all, of Europe.
March 4, 2025 at 12:28 AM
and strength.
The larger issue, though, is that the world right now is engaged in an epic battle between the classic forces of autocratic tyranny versus democracy.
Putin wants to reconsolidate his old empire and seize control of much, if not all, of Europe.
The larger issue, though, is that the world right now is engaged in an epic battle between the classic forces of autocratic tyranny versus democracy.
Putin wants to reconsolidate his old empire and seize control of much, if not all, of Europe.
him and his administration.
As we saw with Trump’s cabinet meeting last week, the only kind of rhetoric now allowed is similar to Kim Jong-un’s North Korean sycophantic senior leadership, pathetically sucking up to Dear Leader by constantly and effusively congratulating him for his brilliance
As we saw with Trump’s cabinet meeting last week, the only kind of rhetoric now allowed is similar to Kim Jong-un’s North Korean sycophantic senior leadership, pathetically sucking up to Dear Leader by constantly and effusively congratulating him for his brilliance
March 4, 2025 at 12:28 AM
him and his administration.
As we saw with Trump’s cabinet meeting last week, the only kind of rhetoric now allowed is similar to Kim Jong-un’s North Korean sycophantic senior leadership, pathetically sucking up to Dear Leader by constantly and effusively congratulating him for his brilliance
As we saw with Trump’s cabinet meeting last week, the only kind of rhetoric now allowed is similar to Kim Jong-un’s North Korean sycophantic senior leadership, pathetically sucking up to Dear Leader by constantly and effusively congratulating him for his brilliance
Trump has already launched hundreds of millions of dollars worth of lawsuits against reporters and news organizations that he feels have spoken against him; Kash Patel, the new FBI director, has openly bragged that he will consider using criminal law to come after people who write about him
March 4, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Trump has already launched hundreds of millions of dollars worth of lawsuits against reporters and news organizations that he feels have spoken against him; Kash Patel, the new FBI director, has openly bragged that he will consider using criminal law to come after people who write about him
Before you and I are held criminally responsible for things we’ve posted on the Internet or for reading or writing newsletters like this?
March 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Before you and I are held criminally responsible for things we’ve posted on the Internet or for reading or writing newsletters like this?
This is how evil empires begin.
Now that Trump’s FBI is investigating those people who had looked into his crimes, how long will it be before America sees similar show trials to Putin’s?
Now that Trump’s FBI is investigating those people who had looked into his crimes, how long will it be before America sees similar show trials to Putin’s?
March 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is how evil empires begin.
Now that Trump’s FBI is investigating those people who had looked into his crimes, how long will it be before America sees similar show trials to Putin’s?
Now that Trump’s FBI is investigating those people who had looked into his crimes, how long will it be before America sees similar show trials to Putin’s?
This is the form of government Donald Trump explicitly prefers over the democracy in Ukraine, and apparently aspires to here in the United States. He and Musk are openly flaunting laws and Congress, ignoring the courts, and actively disassembling the protective agencies of our government.
March 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This is the form of government Donald Trump explicitly prefers over the democracy in Ukraine, and apparently aspires to here in the United States. He and Musk are openly flaunting laws and Congress, ignoring the courts, and actively disassembling the protective agencies of our government.